Nissan: 91 nissan pathfinder timing belt

matt wrote:
 

You'd feel a lot of resistance when he valves got in the way of the pistons
and I'd hope most people wouldn't force the engine through and bend valves
by hand. Are you sure you used the right marks on the right pulleys? The
dashed one goes to the pass side cam. If you installed the belt wrong and
tried to start it you could easily have bent the valves.
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Steve

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Steve <com> wrote in message news:<bu56dn$detkp$news.uni-berlin.de>... 

Steve

Thanks...

I was pretty sure that this isn't an interference engine. It's the
VG30E. Indeed I had used the wrong marks, however the haynes and
chilton do not really specify as far as I could tell. In fact
basically, the procedure is incorrect. For anyone interested, all
that is required to change the timing belt on VG30E engines
(pathfinder, maxima, pickup, etc...) is to remove the belts and the
housings, pull off the vibration damper, and switch the belt.
Removing the top half of the engine intake isn't necessary as the
valves do not touch the pistons. (I personally checked this when I had
the cylinder head off years ago to replace it due to accidentally
drilling out a stud a little too far) So you can just use a 14mm
socket to twist the cams into position. Two morons at two different
dealerships told me that they were "positive" that I had bent "at
least 3" valves. I fixed the belt and fired it right up. By this
time I had probably twisted the crank and cams around enough to bend
all the valves I'm a believer that these are good vehicles as long
as they're serviced properly. Unfortunately I've had nothing but bad
experiences letting other people turn the wrenches. 5 broken tire
lugs, jiffy lube left the air cleaner housing unhooked and I drove to
vegas and back in a rainstorm and burned interior carpet due to
overheating. (they refuse to pay and have no insurance) Tim Dahle
Nissan of Murray, Utah was able to charge me 200 bucks to fix
something that was not broken and misdiagnose the problem. No one
seems to be able to find all 13 grease zerks. The only gripe with the
truck itself that I have is the exhaust manifolds popping off the
studs unexpectedly, but it seems to be remedied by not running the
studs all the way into the cylinder heads. Well, my next project is
to replace the center link and idler arm, hammer out a couple dents
and hopefully she'll be good for another 200,000 on top of the 200,000
already . Thanks again steve.